Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| |
|
UK |
Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of respondents | 15 | 15 | |
| Age | Median | 61 | 45 |
| Range | 17–81 | 19–81 | |
| Gender | Female | 8 | 10 |
| Male | 7 | 5 | |
| Ethnicity | British or German | 10 | 13 |
| European | 2 | 0 | |
| Turkish | 1 | 2 | |
| Indian | 1 | 0 | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0 | |
| Religious and religion | No, not religious | 5 | 3 |
| Yes, religious | 10 | 12 | |
| Religious affiliation | |||
| Protestant | 6 | 4 | |
| Roman catholic | 1 | 5 | |
| Jewish | 1 | 0 | |
| Islamic | 1 | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Experience of serious illness in the last five years | Relative or friend diagnosed with serious illness | 13 | 10 |
| Personally diagnosed with serious illness | 0 | 0 | |
| Experience of death and dying in the last five years | Death of relative or friend | 14 | 11 |
| Experience of death and dying | Looked after relative or friend while dying at some point | 10 | 9 |